Pain management in trauma patients in (pre)hospital based emergency care: Current practice versus new guideline

• Published in: Injury Vol. 46; no. 5; pp. 798 - 806
• Main Authors: Scholten, A.C, Berben, S.A.A, Westmaas, A.H, van Grunsven, P.M, de Vaal, E.T, Rood, P.P.M, Hoogerwerf, N, Doggen, C.J.M, Schoonhoven, L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2015
• Subjects: Acute pain; Adult; Analgesics - administration & dosage; Cooperative Behavior; Emergency care; Emergency Department; Emergency Medical Services; Evidence-Based Medicine; Female; Guideline; Guidelines as Topic; Humans; Male; Netherlands - epidemiology; Orthopedics; Pain - diagnosis; Pain - drug therapy; Pain - etiology; Pain Management; Pain Measurement; Trauma; Wounds and injuries; Wounds and Injuries - complications; Wounds and Injuries - epidemiology; Wounds and Injuries - therapy; Netherlands; Emergency care; Emergency Department; Pain management; Guideline; Acute pain; Wounds and injuries; Trauma; Emergency Medical Services

Abstract Introduction Acute pain in trauma patients in emergency care is still undertreated. Early pain treatment is assumed to effectively reduce pain in patients and improve long-term outcomes. In order to improve pain management in the chain of emergency care, a national evidence-based guideline...